What does "transversal" mean?
Transversal: Running or lying across; transverse; as, a transversal line. -- Trans*ver"sal*ly, adv.
Additional senses
- 2.A straight line which traverses or intersects any system of other lines, as a line intersecting the three sides of a triangle or the sides produced.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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